1900 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles

1900 Wimbledon Championships
Champion   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Blanche Hillyard [1]
Runner-up   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charlotte Cooper [1]
Final score   4–6, 6–4, 6–4
Events
Singles   men   women       boys   girls
Doubles   men   women   mixed   boys   girls
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Wimbledon Championships
 < 1899 1901 > 

Charlotte Cooper defeated Louisa Martin 8–6, 5–7, 6–1 in the All Comers' Final, and then the reigning champion Blanche Hillyard (née Bingley) defeated Charlotte Cooper 4–6, 6–4, 6–4 in the Challenge Round to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1900 Wimbledon Championships.[1][2] Marion Jones (USA) was the first female competitor from overseas.[3]

Main draw

Key

Draw

First Round   Quarterfinals   Semifinals   Final
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Muriel Robb 6 6  
   United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Alice Pickering 3 4      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Muriel Robb 3 7  
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Charlotte Cooper 7 6      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland CR Cooper 6 9  
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Henriette Horncastle 5 2        United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland CR Cooper 6 6  
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland B Tulloch 6 2 6        United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland TGP Greville 1 2  
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland H Smythe 3 6 1      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland B Tulloch 5 0
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Edith Greville 5 6 6      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland TGP Greville 7 6  
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland EJ Bromfield 7 4 3        United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland CR Cooper 8 5 6
 United States Marion Jones 6 6        United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Louisa Martin 6 7 1
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland U Templeman 3 4      United States M Jones 5 2  
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GE Evered 6 9      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GE Evered 7 6  
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Toupie Lowther 3 7        United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland GE Evered 0 2
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Dorothea Douglass w/o        United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Louisa Martin 6 6  
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland MW Fisher      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland DK Douglass 4 3
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Louisa Martin 6 6      United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Louisa Martin 6 6  
 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Ms. Ireland 0 2  

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 100 Years of Wimbledon by Lance Tingay, Guinness Superlatives Ltd. 1977
  2. Wimbledon - The Official History of the Championships by John Barrett, Collins Willow 2001 (the source of this draw)
  3. Little, Alan (2001). 2010 Wimbledon Compendium. Wimbledon, London: All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club. p. 12. ISBN 1899039333.